After an arduous three-week campaign, the Associated Students of
Oregon State University finally have
a new president and vice president.
Amelia Harris and Dan Cushing
defeated Drew Hatlen and Karli
Olsen, 971 votes to 900 votes, to
become the next president and vice
president of ASOSU.
“We have an incredible future
ahead of us and we are honored
that students want to take OSU and
ASOSU to the next level,” Harris said.
Cushing was equally as excited.
“We are incredibly honored that

students have entrusted us with the
honor of representing and advocating
for them,” Cushing said.
Hatlen and Olsen wished to thank
their supporters.
“We are so grateful for the hard
work, support and dedication of
those folks that made our dream
come this close to reality. Our hearts
go out to the students of OSU and we
wish the best of luck to ASOSU next
year,” Hatlen said.
Jacob Vandever defeated Brett
Deedon to become the next speaker
of the house. This is after controversy
earlier this week which found Deedon
removed from the ballot, only to be
reinstated after a decision of the judicial council Wednesday evening.
“I’m ready to take the job really
seriously and get down to work,”
Vandever said.

A total of 1,871 students voted in
the general election for president;
approximately 7.5 percent of the student body. A total of 1,377 students
voted for a speaker of the house, which
amounted to 5.5 percent of students.
Four students were also elected to the Student Incidental Fee
Committee: Madison Parker, Nic
Nolan, Tyler Hogan and Victoria
Sarah Gillihan | THE DAILY BAROMETER
Redman. Elections for senators and
representatives will not be confirmed Things are looking up for Dan Cushing and Amelia Harris. The two won the
until April 30.
ASOSU presidential elections.
The new officials will take office
June 1, at the end of incumbent
Madison Parker, Nic Nolan
Election Results
President M. Tonga Hopoi’s term.
President:
The president, vice president and
Speaker of the House:
Amelia Harris, Dan Cushing 971
speaker of the house each serve for
Jacob Vandever 789
Drew Hatlen, Karli Olsen 900
one-year terms.
Don Iler, managing editor
managing@dailybarometer.com
On Twitter: @doniler

Event designed to connect
university with Latino, Hispanic
families to increase diversity
By Jack Lammers
The Daily Barometer

Julia Green

| THE DAILY BAROMETER

Mi Familia weeked brought Latino and Hispanic families to campus to get them familiar with the university and
higher education. The number of Latino and Hispanic students enrolling at OSU has increased the last few years.

Scenes of smiling, laughing and
appreciation swept through the
Memorial Union as Latino and
Hispanic families took advantage of
Mi Familia Weekend. For many volunteers, these moments signified the
payoff of a not so easily orchestrated
plan, requiring funding and hours
spent translating Arlyn Moreno
Luna’s dream into reality.
Much of the event can be attributed to the number of volunteers in
attendance and also to Oregon State
University students and co-directors
of Mi Familia Weekend, Moreno Luna
and AnnaRose Adams. Over the last
year and a half, Moreno Luna and
Adams began the process of turning
Luna’s vision of Mi Familia Weekend
into reality.
“We are two very persistent people, and much of our time has been
spent fundraising and appealing to
organizations for the event,” Adams
said.

The motivation behind their
efforts, according to Moreno Luna
and Adams, was easing the transition
into college and providing assistance
for Latino and Hispanic families.
“In underrepresented and minority students, we have seen a theme;
they never come to experience the
campus here at the university,”
Moreno Luna said.
Moreno Luna, through attentiveness to fellow students, found that
many Latino and Hispanic families
haven’t had opportunities to visit the
Oregon State University campus. In a
Mi Familia Weekend survey, Moreno
Luna found that out of 24 families
that participated, 21 said they hadn’t
visited campus.
“Some parents can’t speak English
and many events aren’t geared
toward the Hispanic and Latino community,” Adams said. “This event is
designed to break down the language
and cultural barriers.”
The event is sponsored by groups
including Minorities in Agriculture,
Natural Resources and Related
Science and Centro Cultural Cesar
Chavez and has the backing to serve
an integral role in future years. The
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Students and supporters of the Beavs
Helping Kids Dance Marathon took to the
McNary Hall dance floor on April 28, rocking
the night away for Children’s Miracle Network.
Since September, Beavs Helping Kids has
worked and collaborated with student groups
on campus to piece together a memorable and
significant fundraiser that has become a staple
at many other college campuses nationwide.
“We wanted to start teaching people about
the Dance Marathon and Children’s Miracle
Network,” said Keely Bertak, Beavs Helping
Kids co-director. “We wanted to create something similar here as people say, ‘For the Kids.’
Beavs Helping Kids is an organization that
began this year through the University Honors

College, hosting events to raise money for
Children’s Miracle Network, a national nonprofit organization that raises funds for children’s hospitals. Children’s Miracle Network
treats over 17 million patients a year and educates families and communities on child safety
and care along with providing $2.5 billion in
uncompensated care per year.
Bertak and Taylor Nelson, public relations
coordinator, after seeing the Dance Marathon
at the University of Oregon, decided to attempt
a similar awareness event at Oregon State
University.
“We hope next year will be a competition
with University of Oregon and with the events
spread two weeks apart, we can support one
another for the cause,” Bertak said.
With the help of University of Oregon students, they were able to set up what they refer
to as a “mini dance marathon,” a precursor to a
longer marathon to be held Feb. 9, 2013, in the
Memorial Union Ballroom.

“This event will benefit Sacred Heart
Springfield and has much significance for the
Oregon State University,” Nelson said. “There
have been several families from the Corvallis
community or who have ties with the community, many are directly benefiting from events
such as this one.”
All of the proceeds from this event go directly
to Sacred Heart Springfield, and more importantly, they go directly into the costs for care.
Sheena and Wesley Dickerman, miracle parents in attendance, were grateful for the help
provided through Children’s Miracle Event and
events including the dance marathons.
“This has been a very important event,”
Sheena Dickerman said. “We are excited that
they are raising money for Children’s Miracle
network, an organization that has helped us with
equipment and care in the [intensive-care unit].”
The dance itself brought out enthusiasm
from many involved, with awards given for
enthusiasm and effort and a morale dance

shown for additional liveliness. Several groups
attended this first marathon in teams ranging
from Greek organizations to residence halls.
“This has been a fun and easy way to help in
the community,” said Rakesh Phillips, member
of dance marathon team “RHA All the Way.”
Phillips also applauded the efforts of Beavs
Helping Kids in reaching out and devoting time
to communicate with organizations, in this
case the Resident Hall Association.
“[Beavs Helping Kids members] took the
time to meet with us personally and we entered
to show our support because of that,” Phillips
said.
By next year’s Dance Marathon, Nelson and
Bertak hope the turnout and recognition from
this year’s event will bring more people to the
longer marathon, becoming a regular event for
the Oregon State University community.
Jack Lammers, reporter

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The humor at the 98th
annual
White
House
Correspondents’ Association
Dinner went to the dogs.
President Barack Obama
poked fun Saturday at everything, from the Secret Service
scandal to the lavish spending
by the Government Services
Administration, to the upcoming general election.
However, it was a spoof
about Mitt Romney and his
dog Seamus that highlighted
the president’s monologue.
The joke recalled a political ad released by the Newt
Gingrich campaign that took
aim at Romney for admitting
he once put his family dog in a
cage and perched it on the top
of his car.
“I know everybody is predicting a nasty election, and
thankfully, we’ve all agreed
that families are off-limits,”
the president said. “Dogs,
however, are apparently fair
game.”
The president’s punch line:
An ad by a phony Super PAC
that featured Romney on Air
Force One with a dog cage on
top of the aircraft and promoted dog freedoms, while
warning of Obama’s policy of
dog socialism.
“Under his leadership, man’s

best friend has been forced
into automobiles. Imagine the
European-style socialism that
he has planned for the next
four years,” the spoof ad said.
The president even poked
fun at himself over recent
criticism by the Romney campaign about revelations in
his book, “Dreams From My
Father,” where he revealed he
was fed dog meat as a boy in
Indonesia.
“That’s pretty rough. But I
can take it, because my stepfather always told me, it’s a
boy-eat-dog world out there,”
Obama said.
The dinner was Obama’s
fourth as president. It has
been a ritual in Washington
since 1920, when it was first
held to boost communication
between the press and the
president.
Journalists and news organizations were well-represented at the affair, and they
brought famous faces in tow.
Among those in attendance Saturday were Claire
Danes, Elizabeth Banks, Paul
Rudd, Sigourney Weaver,
Eva Longoria, Viola Davis,
Kerry Washington, Rachel
Zoe, Goldie Hawn and Josh
Hutcherson.
The annual gala, also

known as the “Nerd Prom,”
raises money for journalism
scholarships.
While the dinner is notorious for its sometimes bawdy
political humor, the president
took a serious moment to
recall the deaths of Anthony
Shadid of The New York Times
and Marie Colvin of the Times
of London, “who made the ultimate sacrifice as they sought
to shine a light on some of the
most important stories of our
time.”
Shadid and Colvin died in
February while covering the
conflict in Syria.
Overall, Obama stayed true
to the theme of the night —
humorous barbs. He joked
about business tycoon Donald
Trump, whom the president
kidded at last year’s dinner
about pushing the president
to release his long-form birth
certificate.
“We gather during a historic
anniversary. This weekend last
year, we finally delivered justice to one of the world’s most
notorious individuals,” Obama
said to a packed ballroom at
the Washington Hilton.
A photo of Trump was
shown, rather than that of slain
al Qaeda leader Osama bin
Laden.

Obama then went back even
further in time.
“Four years ago, I was in
a brutal primary battle with
Hillary Clinton,” Obama said.
“Four years later, she won’t
stop drunk texting me from
Cartagena,” a reference to
the city where Secret Service
agents allegedly consorted
with prostitutes.
The president also took aim
at the scandal, itself: “I had a
lot more material prepared,
but I have to get the Secret
Service home in time for their
new curfew.”
Obama, speaking before
comedian Jimmy Kimmel,
made light of a General
Services Adminstration conference in Las Vegas that cost
more than $800,000.
“Look at this party. We have
men in tuxes, women in gowns,
fine wine, first-class entertainment. I was relieved to hear it
was not a GSA conference,”
Obama quipped.
He even chided Kimmel,
star of ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel
Live!”
“Jimmy got his start on the
‘Man Show.’ In Washington,
that is what we call a congressional
hearing
on
contraception.”
— CNN

Events
MEChA and College Democrats,
Noon-1pm, meet up in Valley Library
Quad. International Workers Day,
speaking and songs in support of OSU
workers. Labor Action in support of
CGE recognize all campaign.
Black Cultural Center, 6-8pm, Black
Cultural Center. Come learn about
the nine major world religions - we
will have a great speaker from the
Philosophy Department joining us for
the night.

Wednesday, May 2
Meetings
ASOSU House of Representatives,
7pm, MU 211. Convenes to discuss
student issues and concerns. Students
and student organization delegates are
welcome to attend.

Panetta: ‘No kind of silver bullet’ to destroy al-Qaida
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said
there is no question that the United States
is safer with Osama bin Laden, the architect of al-Qaida, dead, though he said
there is no way to completely destroy the
network.
Panetta’s assessment came just days
before the one-year anniversary of the
U.S. commando raid on bin Laden’s
compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, that
ended a manhunt for the al-Qaida founder that began following the September 11,
2001, terror attacks.
“Having been involved in operations
even before bin Laden, it was clear that
there is no kind of silver bullet here to
suddenly be able to destroy al-Qaida
and that includes going after bin Laden,”
Panetta told reporters Friday after a meeting with defense counterparts in South
America.
“The way this works is that the more
successful we are in taking down those
that represent their spiritual and ideological leadership, the greater our ability
to weaken their threat to this country.”
The FBI and the Department of
Homeland Security last week warned of
the possibility of terrorist attacks leading
up to and after the anniversary of the May
2, 2011, killing of bin Laden. There is no
specific, credible terror threat, the agencies said.

The warning, released by the FBI
and DHS, says individuals have posted messages on “violent extremist Web
forums” vowing attacks on the United
States around the anniversary, but adds
that “such threats are almost certainly
aspirational.”
I don’t think there’s any question that
America is safer as a result of the bin
Laden operation,” Panetta said.”... It
doesn’t mean that they don’t remain a
threat. It doesn’t mean that we somehow don’t have the responsibility to keep
going after them wherever they are.”
He described the raid that he oversaw
as the then-CIA director as “tense,” with
several “nerve-wracking moments.”
Panetta recalled the moment during
the raid when one of two helicopters used
by Navy SEALs crashed at bin Laden’s
compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
“Just the fact that having those helicopters going 150 miles into Pakistan and the
concern about whether or not they would
be detected. And then actually going in to
the compound when one of the helicopters went down because of the heat coming off the ground. It was just hotter than
anybody had anticipated. And obviously
that was pretty nerve-wracking,” he said.
“... Fortunately, we had a back-up helicopter that came in and was able to pick
up the people that were there.”

The biggest question during the operation, Panetta said, was “whether or not
bin Laden was really there.”
“We had no specific information that
he was actually located there. All we had
was, you know, just a lot of circumstantial
intelligence and information. But all of us
were, were kind of holding our breath to
find out whether or not he was actually
there.”
The answer came about 20 minutes
after the SEALs entered the bin Laden
compound, with the utterance of the
code word “Geronimo.”
“There was a huge sigh of relief by
everybody involved in that,” he said.
While many details of the raid are
known, questions remain about how bin
Laden could have been in living for years
in a compound that was only a mile
from the Pakistan Military Academy in
Abbottabad, a largely military community outside the capital, Islamabad.
The U.S. raid, which was conducted without the knowledge of Pakistan,
enraged the Pakistani public and deploy
embarrassed its military.
Panetta has said he remains convinced
that someone with authority in Pakistan
knew bin Laden was hiding at the compound. That claim has been denied by
Pakistani officials.
— CNN

GOP says Obama playing politics with bin Laden anniversary
Days before the one-year
anniversary of the raid that
killed Osama bin Laden,
top surrogates for President
Barack Obama and presumptive Republican presidential
candidate Mitt Romney took
to the national stage to argue
the politics of the attack.
Senior Obama campaign
adviser Robert Gibbs defended
the campaign’s use of the event
in a recent Web video and in
a speech from Vice President
Joe Biden. Meanwhile, senior
Romney adviser Ed Gillespie
characterized the political
steps surrounding the death
as a “bridge too far.”
Team Obama released a
video on Friday, partially narrated by former President
Bill Clinton, that praised the
president’s decision to order
the killing of the al Qaeda
chief one year from Tuesday
and questioned whether
Romney would have made
the same choice. Biden similarly questioned the former

Massachusetts governor in
a campaign-style speech on
Thursday.
Gibbs, the former White
House press secretary, said
the video was “not over the
line” and criticized comments
Romney made on the issue
during his first White House
bid as “foolish.”
The video quotes Romney
in 2007 during his first White
House bid, saying, “It’s not
worth moving heaven and
earth, spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one
person.” Days later, he said,
“We’ll move everything to get
him (bin Laden).”
“There’s a difference in the
roles they would play as commander in chief, and I certainly think that’s fair game,”
Gibbs said Sunday on NBC’s
“Meet the Press.”
During his second White
House bid, Romney has
repeatedly praised the president for launching the raid on
bin Laden.

Gillespie, a former aide to
former President George W.
Bush and former chairman
of the Republican National
Committee, said utilizing the
raid for political purposes is
one of the reasons Obama has
“become one of the most divisive presidents in American
history.”
“He took something that
was a unifying event for all
Americans, and he’s managed
to turn it into a divisive, partisan political attack,” Gillespie
said in a separate interview
on the same NBC program.
“I think most Americans will
see it as a sign of a desperate
campaign.”
The campaign video
received criticism from
Republicans, including from
2008 Republican presidential
nominee Sen. John McCain.
On Friday, he called the minute-long spot “a cheap political attack ad.”
White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan

avoided the politics of the
issue but did praise the president’s decision-making skills
surrounding bin Laden’s death
by U.S. Navy SEALs during a
raid in Pakistan.
“I don’t do politics,” Brennan
said Sunday on CNN’s “State
of the Union.” “I just know that
President Obama, when the
time came for him to make a
momentous decision like that,
he took the action that did
bring bin Laden to justice.”
Biden teed off what will likely remain a talking point from
Team Obama through the
election in a Thursday address
that previewed a potential
2012 slogan.
“If you are looking for a
bumper sticker to sum up how
President Obama has handled
what we inherited, it’s pretty
simple: Osama bin Laden is
dead and General Motors is
alive,” Biden said during a
speech at New York University,
lines Gibbs echoed on Sunday.
— CNN

Secret Service changes its rules after scandal
The Secret Service agent at
the center of the Colombia
prostitution scandal has
been identified as Arthur
Huntington, sources with
knowledge of the investigation
told CNN on Friday.
According to the sources,
Huntington was the agent in
a seventh-floor hotel room in
Cartagena who had a dispute
over pay with an escort.
CNN also learned that
Huntington has left the Secret
Service, but it was not clear
under what circumstances,
according to CNN’s Drew
Griffin.
According to sources, the
alleged prostitutes — the
youngest of whom were in their
early 20s — signed in at Hotel
Caribe.
One of these women, Dania
Suarez, allegedly was later
involved in a dispute about
how much she was to be paid
for the night, which brought the
entire incident to light. Suarez,
24, through a statement credited to her attorney, said she
was an escort, not a prostitute.
At least three agents assigned

to rooms on the seventh floor
left Cartagena early, according
to hotel records. Two agents
have been cleared to return to
work, according to sources with
knowledge of the investigation.
Monday, a man who identified himself as Arthur
Huntington declined comment
to a CNN producer. Thursday,
someone at his residence
closed the door and made no
comment. No one answered
the door Friday or responded
to phone calls. The residence
was just listed for sale this week.
Huntington, 41, is married
and the father of two boys,
according to neighbors.
A woman who identified herself as a family friend called the
situation “heartbreaking.”
“I know him and his character,” she said of Huntington. “I
would question the allegations.”
Also Friday, the Secret
Service distributed new rules
for its agents on assignment
intended to prevent a repeat
of such alleged misconduct,
according to two government
sources familiar with the resulting investigation.

Called Enhanced Standards
of Conduct, the new guidelines
given to all Secret Service personnel make clear that standards of behavior required in
the United States apply on missions abroad, the sources said.
Effective immediately, the
new standards require detailed
briefings before each trip that
will include safety precautions
and any necessary designations
of establishments and areas
that are “off limits” for Secret
Service personnel, the sources
said.
Also in the new standards,
foreigners are banned from
Secret Service hotel rooms at
all times, except for hotel staff
and host nation law enforcement and government officials
on official business, according
to the officials, and all Secret
Service personnel are prohibited from going to a “non-reputable establishment.”
The new standards specify
that U.S. laws apply to Secret
Service personnel when traveling, rendering invalid the
excuse that specific activity is
legal in the foreign country, the

officials said.
In addition, the new guidelines allow moderate alcohol
consumption when off duty,
but prohibit alcohol consumption within 10 hours of reporting for duty or at any time when
at the hotel where the protected
official is staying, the officials
explained.
An additional supervisor
from the Office of Professional
Responsibility will now
accompany the “jump teams”
that bring vehicles for motorcades and other transportation, the officials said. Agents
involved in the Colombia incident were part of such a jump
team.
First word of the new regulations came Thursday night,
when Democratic Rep. Sheila
Jackson Lee of Texas outlined
them on CNN’s “Erin Burnett
OutFront” after meeting with
Secret Service Director Mark
Sullivan about the scandal that
has embarrassed the 147-yearold agency and raised questions about possible security
breaches.
— CNN

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Selected Best Asian Restaurant in the Valley

Romney: U.S. should protect Chinese dissident
Mitt Romney said he hopes the United
States government is aiding Chen
Guangcheng, a popular Chinese dissident now believed to be hiding in the
U.S. Embassy in Beijing after fleeing house
arrest in eastern China.
“My concern at this moment is for the
safety of Chen Guangcheng and his family,” Romney said in a statement released
by his campaign on Sunday. “My hope is
that U.S. officials will take every measure to
ensure that Chen and his family members
are protected from further persecution.”
U.S. government and Chinese officials,
however, have declined to comment on
Chen or confirm reports of his whereabouts. Meanwhile, analysts say questions
over U.S. assistance could provoke tension
in the country’s delicate relationship with
China.
A fellow human rights activist, Hu Jia,
told CNN on Saturday that Chen had fled
to the embassy in Beijing.
Chen, who is blind, gained fame in the

late 1990s as a legal advocate for what he
called victims of abusive practices, such as
alleged forced abortions, by China’s familyplanning officials.
In 2006, he was sentenced to four years
and three months in prison on charges
that his supporters called preposterous.
Released from prison in 2010, he has since
been confined to his home along with his
family.
Weighing in on Sunday, Romney said
Chen’s escape “points to the broader issue
of human rights in China.”
“Our country must play a strong role in
urging reform in China and supporting
those fighting for the freedoms we enjoy,”
Romney said.
Neither the White House nor President
Barack Obama’s re-election campaign has
officially weighed in on the issue.
Romney has previously criticized China’s
alleged human rights abuses. On the campaign trail, he has said the country’s sizable
economy, paired with reports of infringe-

ments against freedom, should disqualify
China from receiving U.S. assistance.
While the U.S. government does provide
financial aid to the country, the money
does not go directly to the Chinese government, Douglas Paal, a China expert at
the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace, told CNN’s Jill Dougherty. He said
it goes to local organizations that promote public health, law enforcement,
environmental protection and democratic
principles.
According to the U.S. State Department
and USAID, the government appropriated
$17.8 million in foreign aid for China in the
fiscal year 2011.
But Romney said that money could be
used elsewhere.
“I would stop sending foreign aid to
countries that can take care of themselves,” Romney said at a campaign event
in November.
— CNN

Newt Gingrich to call it quits on Wednesday, source says
Newt Gingrich will end
his bid for the Republican
presidential nomination on
Wednesday in Washington,
D.C., a source close to the former House speaker told CNN.
Previous reports said
Gingrich would likely quit the
race on Tuesday.
Gingrich is expected to
express his support for likely
GOP nominee Mitt Romney.
The two spoke by phone last
week, a Gingrich spokesman
said.
The decision to make the
announcement this week
was due to logistical reasons,
sources told CNN last week.
Gingrich will leave the

Republican presidential campaign with a mixed legacy.
The former speaker was left
for political dead last year after
his top campaign advisers quit
over a disagreement on the
direction of the campaign and
its financial structure. But he
came roaring back in late 2011
— due in part to a Republican
electorate that was not sold on
Romney’s candidacy.
It is the past few months,
though, for which he may be
most remembered — for staying in the race for too long,
rather than for the big ideas
he espoused on the campaign
trail.
For most, the time for him

MI
FAMILIA
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event also received a tremendous deal
of support from Larry Roper, vice provost
of student affairs.
Luna and Adams both describe the
event as a convergence of group activities and pertinent informative gatherings.
Events ranged from breakout sessions
designed for purposes of motivation
and academic information, to dances
and even a soccer game in McAlexander
Fieldhouse for active participation. The
event incorporated a resource fair with
representatives from campus organizations including the University Honors
College, Beaver Yearbook and ASOSU.
Additionally, Mi Familia Weekend

to go would have been after
his Southern strategy failed,
when he failed to win the
Alabama and Mississippi primaries after coming out on
top in South Carolina and
Georgia.
Gingrich
formally
announced his bid for the
nomination last May, only to
see it almost crash the next
month when a half-dozen
staffers, including the senior
leadership, left the campaign.
Among the gripes from the
departed staffers was that it
was difficult to schedule campaign events or spend the time
needed to raise money to fuel
the campaign. Additionally,

incorporated keynote speakers including John Haroldson, Benton County district attorney. Haroldson shared his perspective as son to a Mexican mother,
raised in both the Pacific Northwest and
Monterrey, Mexico.
“They will see this event and they can
connect with the community. Hopefully,
they will be given a well-deserved opportunity to adapt,” Moreno Luna said.
Many families did appear to value
the strength and gravity of the event, by
responding and showing their support
with positivity.
“This is the first time we have come
here. The event has been good for the
Latino Community and it has been well
organized. Hopefully, it keeps running in
the future,” said Osvaldo Contreras, father
and Mi Familia Weekend participant.

there were complaints that
Gingrich’s wife, Callista, had
veto power over all scheduling
requests.
While his staffers felt
Gingrich should be hitting the
trail, he and Callista embarked
on a two-week luxury cruise in
the Mediterranean. For some
in the campaign, that was the
last straw.
His campaign languished
over the summer and into the
fall as conservatives test-drove
a series of anyone-but-Romney candidates: first Michele
Bachmann, then Rick Perry,
then Herman Cain.
— CNN

The work of Moreno Luna and Adams
along with fellow committee members
and 45 other volunteers brought the event
together and certainly received attention.
“[Moreno Luna and Adams] have put
a lot of work into the event. Now their
efforts have finally paid off and they have
the support they deserve,” said Alejandra
Marquez Loza, Mi Familia Weekend
Volunteer.
Looking to the future, Adams and
Moreno Luna hope the event can work
its way into the START programs to come
and see the event as an important part in
expanding and enriching the university
community.
Jack Lammers, reporter
news@dailybarometer.com
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Amelia Harris and Dan
Cushing are now the new
president and vice president of the
Associated Students of Oregon State
University. They defeated two qualified and outstanding candidates,
Drew Hatlen and Karli Olsen, and are
now stuck picking up the pieces from
the Hopoi administration.
Harris and Cushing have a tough
road ahead of them. Confidence
in student government is at an all
time low, and our student body is
faced with many issues that they
will need to address during their
time in office.
Our new president will need to set a
different tone of leadership. Harris will
need to make sure that organizations
within ASOSU are treated professionally and with care. She will need to be
able to consider other viewpoints and
have a working relationship with both
the legislative and judicial branches.
Harris cannot make decisions that
go against the statutes or are made in
secret. Openness and transparency
should be the goal of any government,
and governments should also operate
within the confines of their own rules.
Harris needs to convince us the days
of unauthorized pay raises and illegal,
unilaterally made decisions are over.
They will need to restore trust
in student government. ASOSU is
entrusted with a budget of over $1
million and it will need to be spent
wisely and judiciously, and not frivolously on name tags, video displays
and over-budget trips to Washington,
D.C. Returning ASOSU to a path of
fiscal responsibility while continuing
to provide its unique services should
be paramount.
Harris will need to do a better job of
engaging the student body and being
attentive to its needs. Harris should be
interacting with other student leaders, whether they come from one of
the many diversity centers, or from a
club of one kind or another. She will
need to listen to the concerns raised
at town hall meetings and make these
her priorities.
Harris needs to make sure this university is accessible to everyone, by
fighting at the state house to keep
tuition low, but by also waking up
our administration to the fact that
our university is no where near meeting the standards of the Americans
with Disabilities Act. New buildings
are not being built to ADA standards,
and old ones are ignored, or have
ramps that are not built to code or the
proper specifications. Harris needs to
stand up and fight for this marginalized group that has been ignored by
both our administration and student
leaders for too long.
Harris should also stand up for
graduate student rights. President
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mericans Elect is a fascinating and wonderful idea, yet
it’s unfortunate that a vast
majority of people who aren’t constantly on news websites don’t know
what it is.
Americans Elect is basically a new
nomination process and voting platform that is set up to create the first
bi-partisan presidential candidate in
U.S. electoral history. The candidate
would have access to the ballots in
all 50 states.
In other words, Americans Elect
is basically a third party that has
no political views, other than easy
access to voting and fair voting for
all. Unfortunately, they have no candidates either, which is why few have
heard of it.
It’s a brilliant idea. One can sign
up online, get securely verified and
then cast a vote in an online primary to decide which bi-partisan
candidate will have a chance to use
the Americans Elect spot on ballots come November. In this manner, every vote counts and is equally
weighted.
Let me ask you all a question.
When was the last time a voter in
Oregon cast a ballot in a presidential
primary that mattered? The answer
is never.
We have our primary so late that
even in this year’s insane Republican
primary, the candidate, Willard Mitt
Romney, is already assured to win
the nomination by the time Oregon

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votes in May. The Americans Elect
process ensures a fair process where
every American gets a fair vote in
deciding the presidential candidates.
Additionally, don’t you think that
the presidential candidates might
tailor their campaign to fit the states
that actually matter in a primary, like
Iowa, South Carolina, Florida and
New Hampshire? Of course they do.
Those states’ issues get a disproportionate amount of attention compared to other states that have just
as important issues. This is wrong,
Americans Elect is trying to change
this and bring our voting into the
21st century.
Most Oregonians don’t really
think of this, but in order for most
Americans to vote in elections, they
have to go to a polling station somewhere that might not be close to
where they live. Here in Oregon, we
have it good because of our voterapproved vote-by-mail style. And
this new Americans Elect process
will make it even easier by allowing
you to participate in a primary without ever leaving the safety of your
home, hopefully increasing voter
turnout.
Of course, with any good movement (think Kony 2012), there are
some legitimate criticisms. They all

mainly have to do with the funding
of the organization and the secrecy
surrounding it.
Peter Ackerman, a very wealthy
ex-Wall Street investment banker,
jumpstarted the organization with
$5 million, and now his son is the
chief operating officer of Americans
Elect. Other Wall Street bankers have
helped in the seed money as well.
Moreover, because Americans
Elect is a 501(c)(4) “social welfare”
group, they don’t actually need to
disclose any of their donors. This is
rather troublesome; however, I do
understand their reasoning, even
though I strongly disagree with it.
This whole Americans Elect
thing has upset the Republican and
Democratic establishment, because
someone with very strong potential
could sign on as a candidate and
make things extremely interesting
this summer and fall.
A lot of these people who have
donated large sums of money would
suffer retribution if it were publicly
known they gave money to an organization that was actively looking for
candidates to go against President
Barack Obama and Romney this
fall. In fact, here is retribution at its
finest.
After former governor and mandarin-fluent Chinese Ambassador Jon
Huntsman called for a third party
or some sort of movement to put
forward new ideas, he was disinvited
from a Republican fundraiser. The

GOP apparently doesn’t like people
stepping out of line, which is eerily similar to the Communist Party
in Soviet Russia and Communist
China.
I still think they should come public with all their funding, because
these people who are donating can’t
have it both ways. They can’t try
to help out an organization that is
ultimately trying to end the gridlock
in Washington, but then if it doesn’t
work, still be a part of these parties
and get invited to their social events.
It’s pathetic actually.
It’s too bad Americans Elect could
go down as one of the biggest fails
of 2011-2012 if no legitimate candidate arises from the mix. Right now,
Buddy Roemer (who?) is the leading
declared candidate, while Ron Paul
has the highest support overall, but
has about a 0 percent chance of
abandoning the Republican Party
and seeking this third party route.
All of you reading this should
go to their website and register as
a delegate so you can vote in the
nomination process, because who
knows, maybe a real candidate will
step up, have courage and seek to
end this madness that has gripped
Washington.
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Brad Alvarez is a junior in finance and economics. The opinions
expressed in his columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily
Barometer staff. Alvarez can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.
com.

Beyond career, Beyoncé serving as role model for women
I
t’s hard not to love Beyoncé.
With her killer voice, sweet
smile and “bootylicious”
curves, Beyoncé serves as a symbol
of feminine empowerment to girls
and women worldwide. Besides
selling over 75 million records,
earning 16 Grammy Awards and
famously naming her newborn
daughter “Blue Ivy”, Beyoncé
recently made headlines again by
breastfeeding her newborn daughter in public.
According to ABC News, Beyoncé
nursed her daughter alongside husband Jay-Z at a New York restaurant
during an evening out with the family several weeks ago. The megastar
confirmed she is breastfeeding her
young daughter and has been spotted nursing her daughter in public
on several occasions.
Beyoncé’s decision not only to
nurse, but to nurse in public, is a
noble decision that couldn’t have
come at a better time. Whether she
intended to, feeding little Blue in
public has put Beyoncé in the ranks
with millions of other “lactavists”
around the country.
Confused? Don’t worry — “lactavist” isn’t some new form of vegetarianism. A “lactavist” is a lactation
activist who is passionate about
promoting breastfeeding wherever
she has a right to be, including in

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Paeth

On the Bright Side
stores, restaurants and other public
locations. Though specific legislation regarding breastfeeding varies
by state, 45 states have some variation of law recognizing a woman’s
right to breastfeed her child in any
public or private location.
With breast milk boasting endless benefits for mother and baby
— decreased rate of postpartum
depression in moms, essential
antibodies for the infant and a
decreased rate of sudden infant
death syndrome, just to name a
few — it makes sense that moms
and babies should breastfeed when
they want and where they want.
However, not everyone sees it that
way.
American society puts a huge
emphasis on breasts as sexual
objects, not as a means for providing an infant with nutrition. We
don’t have to look far to make the
sexual connection. Flip on the TV
and you’ve got some busty MTV star
nearly flashing you; open a magazine and there’s a Kardashian sister

in a low-cut shirt that leaves little
to the imagination; even a stroll
down the toy aisle at Fred Meyer’s
can leave one a little worried. After
all, something tells me that wellendowed Barbie isn’t using her
buxom bosom for nursing.
With our nation’s focus on breasts
as sexual objects instead of means
of providing infant nutrition, it’s no
wonder that some feel uncomfortable seeing a woman nursing. To
many, breasts are hidden, coveted
objects of sexual passion — seeing
a mom nursing a baby in the middle of the store throws off our perception of what breasts are actually
intended for.
Breastfeeding advocates are
praising Beyoncé for normalizing
breastfeeding by nursing in public. Beyoncé serves as the perfect
image of a poised, loving mother
and demonstrates how to discreetly
breastfeed in public so that it is
barely noticeable. Beyoncé helps
reinforce the notion that breastfeeding is normal, healthy and
beautiful, and not something that
should be confined to public restrooms, as women are so often
forced to do when out in public.
Think about it — would you want
to eat your lunch in a toilet stall? I
didn’t think so.
Beyoncé also serves as a role

model for breastfeeding moms in
the African American community. According to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention,
about 74 percent of white women
initiate breastfeeding, while only
54 percent of African American do.
On a national scale, only 11 percent of African American babies are
nursed until 12 months of age —
about half as much as white babies,
according to the CDC.
African American babies face
an overwhelming health disparity when it comes to nursing and
with millions of babies missing
out on breast milk each year, the
detriment of not receiving mother’s milk could mean huge public
health implications later on down
the road. Beyoncé can act as a role
model to African American nursing
moms that breastfeeding remains
a crucial step in attaining proper
infant health.
Whether it’s her music, her clothes
or her choice to breastfeed publicly,
Beyoncé has yet again wowed us
with her trend-setting ways. Beyoncé
sends the message loud and clear
that breastfeeding is normal, natural
and beautiful. The question is, are
we listening?
t

Sarah Paeth is a senior in public health. The opinions expressed in her columns
do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Paeth can be
reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.

Teacher strike fails to acknowledge the most important aspect
T
o my fellow Gresham High
School students, our school
and the other GreshamBarlow School Districts are about
to go on strike over contract
negotiations.
Now, before I tear into why I hate
teacher strikes, I’ll give an overview of why the teachers might go
on strike this coming Wednesday
— issues according to the GBSD’s
website.
The three key issues holding up
negotiations are salary, prep time
and student safety. The GBSD teachers’ union thinks teachers need an

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increase to their salary and more
prep time to help combat the
increase in class sizes. The website
doesn’t go over any particular concern about student safety, making
me believe the issue is more of a
political tool to justify the first two.
Prep time is very important to

teachers, and the problem the union
is having is that budget cuts are forcing the layoff of teachers at all grade
levels. This means even larger class
sizes or more classes to teach, reducing the time teachers have to prepare for class.
I don’t quite understand the prep
time issue, because teachers essentially teach the same material every
year. But I’m not a teacher; therefore,
I have no reason to argue the importance of prep time.
However, I have no problem saying that we can just extend school
hours. If teachers want more time to

prepare, then keep the students in
school for a few more hours. Gresham
High School finished class at 2:22 p.m.
every day of the week; why not keep
the kids in school until 5:30 p.m.?
School should be the equivalent
of a 9-to-5 job. Our students should
spend more time in class to boost
their education.
The longer the school day, the more
classes can be held allowing for a
reduction in class sizes. Sure, teachers will have about 8-12 classes a
day, but if you can cut the class in
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half, isn’t that beneficial for everyone?
The salary issue is pathetic, self-centered
and downright disheartening.
Teachers don’t make that much other than
their salary, retirement benefits, insurance
and the other benefits they get that could fill
the rest of this article. When you add all that
together, teachers are making quite a bit more
than we think they are now, aren’t they?
Teachers have bills, mortgages and other
living expenses to pay like everyone else, but
the economy is still in the toilet. And with the
education budget cut by the Oregon government, now isn’t the best time for raises.
The GBSD website even states the
“Employment Relations Board would force
the district to layoff 43 teachers or cut 16
school days next year.” A salary increase at
this time would do more harm to teachers
and students than if they just waited until
there is a better opportunity.
To the reason why a teacher strike is the
dumbest idea in the world is simply that it
shows the selfishness of teachers. Teachers
preach about how they are all for the students
until that almighty dollar ascends from hell
to say, “Hey, look at me, you want more don’t
you?” Then like puppets at the end of a string,
teachers start jumping up and down, crying
about how they need more money to do their
job. If this was any other service industry, the
only way to increase your wage would be to
produce a higher quality product.

I have a great deal of respect for my former
teachers at Gresham High School, but that
drops a little each time I hear them talking
about going on strike. How can they put their
selfish needs ahead of the future of the children they claim to care so much about?
There has to be a better solution than shutting the GBSD schools down for three days,
then filling them with substitute teachers,
while the “real” ones are on strike.
Will the quality of education really be on
par? Does the Gresham Barlow School District
have exceptional French and Japanese subs?
What about calculus subs? Are they able to
teach International Baccalaureate classes?
GBSD and the teachers are trying to play
down the harms that this strike might have on
the education of the students, but every day
a student misses class or receives improper
instruction is detrimental to that student’s
future. The K-12 education is the most important education anyone can have; this is where
the foundation for their future is built.
The teachers will choose to do what is right
by them, but I hope they put the needs of
their students first. I understand that the GBSD
teachers are under a severe amount of stress
with increased class sizes and fewer hours to do
the work they need to do. However, that doesn’t
mean that the students should have to suffer
as a result of contract disagreements. Whatever
happens this coming Wednesday, I hope this
issue can be resolved as quickly as possible.
t

Robert Fix is a senior in business. The opinions expressed in his columns do not
necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Fix can be reached at forum@
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restoring those ties.
While these are lofty challenges, we expect
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to match the outstanding 7-under 353 they shot
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nearly-impossible par on
the final hole of Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
round when he hit a flop
shot out of the high rough
and made a 10-foot putt
that got a huge applause
from the gallery.
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fans who attended the tournament, the staff at Trysting
Tree Golf Club and the volunteers who worked the
past three days on Twitter,
saying â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have
wanted to have my last conference tournament go any
other way! Thanks again.â&#x20AC;?
Junior Nick Sherwood
had his parents, Oregon
State alums Bill and Lynn
Sherwood, walking with
him throughout the tournament and finished with
a 13-over 73-76-72-80-301 for a tie for 47th place.
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Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final round but
said he plans to work hard
to get ready for regionals.
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of Idaho, also had his best
finish at Oregon State with
a 1-under 75-70-69-73--287
for a tie for 13th place. He
went out in 2-under with
birdies on the par-5 fifth
and par-4 sixth holes, but
had a double-bogey and
bogey on the back nine
before making a great up
and down on his final hole.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I walked with Matt all
four days and was very
pleased with the way he
improved each round,â&#x20AC;?
Reehoorn said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was as
solid as Nick in this tournament and really seems to
be comfortable with everything around him.â&#x20AC;?
Sophomore David Fink
scrambled like crazy on
Sunday to shoot a 3-over
75 and finish in a tie for
37th place with a 9-over
72-76-74-75--297. This was
just his second tournament
since returning from a wrist
injury and the extra time
before regionals will allow
him to work on his game.
Senior Jonnie Motomochi
finished in a tie for 30th
place with a 6-over 71-73-

girlfriend was here so I just
enjoyed playing in front of
them and talking to them
throughout the round.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Today was the best I hit
it out of all four rounds,â&#x20AC;? he
added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just made a couple of silly mistakes and it
could have been a little bit
better. But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m pleased with
a 71 with these pins on the
final round. They were pretty tough. Anything under
par today was decent.â&#x20AC;?
Nick Chianello recorded
his best finish as a Beaver
with sole possession of 11th
place after a 4-under 71-7269-72--284 that included an
unfortunate double-bogey
on his 72nd hole when the
ball got stuck in the high
rough just right of the 18th
green. The junior transfer from the University of
Portland has four top-20
finishes in the past five
tournaments and has taken
over as the most consistent
player in Oregon Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
lineup.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nick Chianello was
rock solid all four rounds,â&#x20AC;?
Reehoorn said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too bad
he had the double-bogey
on the final hole, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m
very proud of the way he
has played for us. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been
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Gilmore, Guzy guide softball to series victory over the Utes
By Oregon State Athletic
Communications

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah
— Freshman Dani Gilmore
hit two home runs, drove in
three and scored twice while
senior Erin Guzy contributed a two-RBI double as the
No. 23 Oregon State softball
team defeated Utah, 5-4, in
Salt Lake City on Sunday
afternoon.
The win gives the Beavers
their second consecutive Pac12 series victory and third of
the season. OSU (33-16, 8-9)
had never won back-to-back
series since the conference
switched to the current format for league play in 2010,
with three games in three days
against the same opponent.
In taking two of three from
the Utes, Oregon State also
won its third Pac-12 series of
the year for the first time since
2007. This year the Beavers
also won all but once in threegame sets against then-No.
15 Oregon and then-No. 9
Washington. In 2007 they did
the same against Stanford,
California and Washington.

The road win against Utah
(26-23, 1-17) showcased the
best of both old and young
for the Beavers, as the veteran
Guzy and newcomer Gilmore
powered Oregon State to
victory.
Utah took a 4-0 lead in the
second inning when, after
the bases were loaded on two
walks and a hit, Tia Palauni
hit her second home run of
the weekend over the left
field fence to stake her side
to a four-run advantage. That
quartet of runs would be the
only ones Utah could manage to put across in the entire
game.
In the top of the third, Ya
Garcia began the frame with
a picturesque bunt single to
third base and came around to
score when Gilmore bombed
the first pitch she saw from
Generra Nielson over the
fence in center field to pull
OSU to within a pair, 4-2.
The Beavers would move
ahead in the fifth when
Gilmore led off the inning with
her second bomb of the game,
and team-leading ninth of the

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season, to center to make
the score 4-3. Sophomore
Hannah Bouska would follow
that up with a double in the
gap and Elizabeth Santana
would draw a walk to set the
stage for Guzy. The Beaver
first-baseman stroked a twobase liner to the fence in
left center that plated both
Bouska and Santana and put
Oregon State on top, 5-4.
Tina Andreana got the start
and the win for OSU, lasting 4 1/3 innings, to move
her record to 9-9 on the year.
Paige Hall threw the final 2
2/3 frames, pitching her
usual lockdown effort as she
allowed only two hits to earn
her fifth save. Hall is now tied
for third in single-season history at Oregon State for saves.
Gilmore’s big day continued
one of the more impressive
seasons for a Beaver freshman
in recent memory. Through
49 games she is batting .302
(45-for-149) with nine home
runs and 32 RBIs. Her 38 runs
scored and 12 stolen bases tie
her for 10th in single-season
history at Oregon State in

Guzy’s double was also
the 30th of her great career
at Oregon State, which ties
her for 10th all-time in that
category.
The Beavers will be back
in action at home this weekend when they welcome the
unanimous No. 1 team in the
country, California, to the
OSU Softball Complex for a
three-game set beginning on
Friday in the team’s annual
Strike Out Cancer series.

Academic First Team in the
Pac-10/12 in each of his four
years at OSU.
Offensive tackle Mike
Remmers signed with the
Denver Broncos. Originally a
walk-on, Remmers started 44
games for the Beavers over
his four years at Oregon State,
which is the sixth most alltime at OSU.
Punter Johnny Hekker
signed with the St. Louis
Rams.
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tices, but this team did visibly have a lot more
hunger and drive this spring.
OSU will begin fall camp in early August,
and all the question marks of the spring will
start being answered by then.

interesting.
Though Riley says he loves what Vaz is
bringing this spring, there’s still a hierarchy at
quarterback with Mannion at the top.
“There’s a definitive one and two, but I
think that … you’re always one play away
from playing when you’re that second-string
quarterback,” Riley said. “That’s the reality of
it. You need to have a lot of confidence in that
guy and feel like he’s capable of going in and
running the team and winning games, and I
think [Vaz] is.”
Throughout practice in April, Vaz has
looked much better than he did last fall. Being
able to have confidence in both quarterbacks
— like Riley does — is a positive for this team.
Vaz looked like the better passer on Saturday,
but Mannion is still improving and is young.
“Cody has had an awesome, awesome
spring,” Gwacham said. “And so has Sean. So
as a coach, you can’t go wrong with either of
those guys. They’ve been playing their hearts
out. With Sean, he’ll get mad; he’ll get really
mad when he throws a pick. With Cody, he’ll
almost want to kill someone when he gets
a pick too. It’s good to see that competitive
nature from both of them.”
The spring game wrapped up spring camp
for the Beavers. There were expected positives
and negatives during the last month of prac-

each respective category.
Her nine long balls in her
first year in Corvallis are the
most for any Oregon State
freshman since All-American
Tarrah Beyster launched 12
in 1997.
The two-homer game is
OSU’s third of the season
(Paige Hall – 2/9; Elizabeth
Santana – 4/10) and is the first
such effort for a freshman
since Lea Cavestany went
yard twice in a 10-8 victory
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Up-and-comers shine at spring game
n

Obum Gwacham, Storm
Woods among fresh
faces who made impact
By Warner Strausbaugh
The Daily Barometer

Saturday’s spring football
game for Oregon State let
some up-and-coming players
shine in front of a crowd, and
made the prospects for 2012
look a little more positive.
Sophomore wide receiver
Obum Gwacham and redshirtfreshman running back Storm
Woods have been two guys
that Mike Riley, the media
and the fans have all looked
at as potential breakouts this
spring.
They showed on Saturday
that the label given to them
isn’t far off.
Gwacham was the star of
the day, catching four passes for 96 yards and a touchdown. The touchdown was the
highlight of the afternoon, a
44-yard deep ball from Cody
Vaz thrown down the sideline
that the 6-foot-5 Gwacham
caught over the cornerback,
and trotted right on into the
end zone.
“I can’t act surprised about
Boomer, because I really had
anticipated this leap from
him,” head coach Mike Riley
said.
Gwacham has been a guy

that has had flashes of brilliance on the field, but you’ll
also see him running the
wrong route during practice
and getting chewed out by
coaches for it. Learning and
improving is what he’s been
using this spring for.
“I’ve been learning a lot
from [Markus Wheaton],
from Coach Brennan every
day,” Gwacham said. “Trying
to learn something new from
those guys. And hopefully,
when Markus does need a
break every now-and-then,
I’m able to step in and make
those big plays.”
And then there’s Woods.
Storm Woods is one of the
five running backs involved in
the most-publicized question
of Oregon State spring camp:
who emerges as the starting
running back?
Malcolm Agnew, Jordan
Jenkins, Jovan Stevenson and
Terron Ward all saw some time
at tailback in 2011. Woods
was a little behind the curve
because he spent last fall on
the scout team as a redshirt.
But now after spring camp
has concluded, it’s very apparent that Woods is considered
an equal to those four.
“Who’s going to be the
starting running back? I don’t
know,” Riley said. “But guys
like Storm Woods definitely
made a move. He’s in that picture now for sure. And then

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Sophomore Obum Gwacham caught four passes for 96 yards in Saturday’s scrimmage, including a 44-yard touchdown reception
courtesy of back-up quarterback Cody Vaz.
we’ll decide in fall camp what
we’re going to do.”
Woods is aware of the competition too.
“I think it’s going to come
down to probably fall camp,”
Woods said. “We have a lot of
great backs. We’ve just got to

battle it out and see where we
go from there.”
Woods ran for 37 yards on
eight carries Saturday. The
numbers might not be there,
but Woods passed the eye test,
and looks like a legitimate
contender to start this fall.

Only Jordan Jenkins received
more work, carrying the ball
nine times for 45 yards.
Besides the coming-outparty for Gwacham and
Woods, the quarterback situation may be the most compelling story of the spring

game and of spring practice in
general.
It’s hard to put too much
stock into one spring game,
but Vaz’s 21 passing attempts
to Sean Mannion’s 15 is
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Baseball team drops two of three to USC in Los Angeles
The Beavers entered the series hot, but
dropped the final two games of the
series after winning game one

however, holding Oregon State to only four
combined runs in the final two games, winning
both.
The series loss drops OSU to sixth place in
the conference just past the halfway point in
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the conference season. The two losses hurt
Los Angeles, Calif. — Just when it looked like even more considering USC is one of the botOregon State had hit its stride and was ready tom teams in the Pac-12 (10th place) and was a
to take a big step forward in the loaded Pac-12 prime opportunity for the Beavers to move up
conference, they did the opposite, losing two of in the standings.
Sophomore left-hander Ben Wetzler assured
three to Southern California.
The Beavers (28-14, 9-9) had won nine of 10 a win and good start to the weekend for OSU
games going into the weekend series with the in game one thanks to 6 2/3 innings of work in
Trojans (22-17, 7-10), and looked as though which he allowed only two runs and recorded
they were poised for a series win after winning seven strikeouts.
The game was also the only decent offensive
the first game 5-3. USC bounced back strong,
n

showing for the Beavers, who had 12 hits —
including three from senior third-baseman
Ryan Dunn (including his sixth home run of
the season).
But things went downhill from there. The
offensive struggles started for OSU in Saturday’s
game when the Beavers were only able to muster two runs on five hits.
The Beavers got an early 1-0, but fell behind
3-1 in the fifth and were never able to regain
the lead.
The loss came in spite of a strong outing
from freshman lefty Jace Fry, who allowed only
three runs in 7 2/3 innings of work that included six strikeouts and only three walks.
Game three started out the same as game

two with Oregon State jumping out to an early
2-0 lead after the first inning thanks to RBI
singles from junior shortstop Tyler Smith and
senior designated-hitter Ryan Gorton.
Sophomore right-hander Dan Child had a
rough outing, giving up five runs on 10 hits
in only three innings, and Oregon State was
unable to get anything else going offensively
and fell 6-2 in the rubber match.
The good news for the Beavers is that they
have some time to figure out their hitting woes
before taking on No. 13 Stanford in Corvallis for
a three-game series starting Friday.
Stanford currently sits in fifth place, only a
half game up on the Beavers.
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Just one Beaver, Brandon Hardin, hears name during NFL Draft
n

Hardin goes 79th overall to
Chicago, while four other
Beavers sign free agent deals
By Warner Strausbaugh
The Daily Barometer

It isn’t quite like the days of old when
Oregon State churned out NFL Draft
prospects who would be routinely
selected in the first couple rounds.
Only one OSU player was picked in
this past weekend’s NFL Draft. Beaver
cornerback Brandon Hardin was selected
in the third round of the draft by the
Chicago Bears, who took him with the
79th overall pick.
The funniest part about Hardin being
the only Beaver selected in the draft? He
didn’t even play for OSU in 2011. Hardin
suffered a shoulder injury in fall camp and
had to have season-ending surgery on it
before the season even began.
“I’m really excited,” OSU head coach
Mike Riley said Saturday about Hardin
being drafted. “That’s just kind of an indication of our year. We get guys drafted in

the third round who didn’t even play a
down for us.”
Riley wasn’t surprised by Hardin’s thirdround selection, which many thought was
pretty high given he hasn’t played a game
since 2010.
“Brandon is a really good football player, but they draft on testable qualities,”
Riley said. “You talk about a big guy, who
is strong. He’s going to lift well, he’s going
to run fast, those are really easy.”
Hardin will move over to safety for the
Bears and joins another former Beaver,
Stephen Paea, who was a second-round
pick by Chicago a year ago.
The Bears must really put high stock
into Oregon State’s defense, as Hardin is
the fourth OSU defensive player selected
by the Bears since 2008. Safety Al Afalava
and linebacker Joey Larocque were the
other two former Beavers picked by the
Bears in recent years.
***
James and Jacquizz Rodgers played
together in high school, in college at OSU,
and now will have a chance to be teammates once more in the pros.

Though James Rodgers went undrafted
this weekend, it was learned soon after
the draft ended that he would be joining
his brother as an Atlanta Falcon.
It’ll be a much tougher road for James
to make the team than it was for Jacquizz,
as he is only one of 21 other undrafted free
agents signed by the Falcons.
James’ versatility will go a long way,
however, as his standout ability as a kick
and punt returner­— as well as the many
different ocassions OSU used him as a
receiver— will be a positive as he tries
to make the team and join his brother in
Atlanta.
James Rodgers finished his Oregon State
career as the all-time leader in receptions
(222) and all-purpose yards (6,377).
***
There were three other Oregon State
players who signed free agent contracts
after the draft concluded.
Linebacker Cameron Collins signed
with the Miami Dolphins. Collins played
both safety and linebacker during his
tenure as a Beaver. Collins was AllSee draft | page 7

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Brandon Hardin didn’t play a down this past year for the Beavers,
but that didn’t stop Chicago from drafting him over the weekend.